The S&P 500 jumped 1% on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, heading into the long weekend on a high note as prospects rebounded for additional interest-rate cuts in 2025.

J.B. Hunt stock is notably lower Friday after the logistics company fell short of fourth-quarter earnings expectations. Here's what you need to know.

1 Day JBHT -0.20% DJIA -0.21% S&P 500 -0.14% Transportation/Logistics 1.03%

Apple stock edges higher after falling Thursday by 4%, the most since August, while Qorvo stock jumps following a report that activist Starboard Value has amassed a large stake in the chip maker.

This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.

BofA analyst Ken Hoexter lowered the firm’s price target on J.B. Hunt (JBHT) to $189 from $206 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares after the company posted adjusted Q4 EPS that were down 18% year-over-year,

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. closed $40.28 below its 52-week high ($219.51), which the company achieved on February 15th.

JBHT to release Q4 results on Thursday, expected to report earnings of $1.62/share and revenue of $3.15B. Stock offers 0.92% annual dividend.

Stock futures ticked lower on Thursday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 ended a three-day losing streak. Futures tied to the 30-stock Dow fell 41 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both dipped 0.1%.

BMO Capital lowered the firm’s price target on J.B. Hunt (JBHT) to $200 from $205 after its Q4 earnings miss but keeps an Outperform rating on

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SLB helped lead the market after the provider of services to oilfields delivered bigger profit and revenue for the end of 2024 than analysts expected. It jumped 6.1% after it also raised its dividend by 3.6% and said it’s returning $2.3 billion to its investors by buying back its own stock.